Hi, I'm trying to create a symbolic link to a shell script I'm writing in a directory I created (/home/user/scripts) from a "visible" directory like MyDocs/.documents/ so that I can edit the file in a GUI editor like LeafPad. However, when I try (from MyDocs/.documents)

"ln -s /home/user/scripts/example.sh example.txt"

I get the following: "ln: example.txt: Operation not permitted".

I tried with root access and same deal. An alternative question might be, is there a way to use text editing applications (e.g. LeafPad) to edit shell scripts that aren't within MyDocs?

I've been using vi to create and edit the files up till now, but in some cases I would prefer to use a graphical text editor. Any help is much appreciated.